Officers at the council have investigated the energy switching auctions arranged by some other local authorities. Some councils have asked their council tax payers for expressions of interest in switching energy suppliers with a view to signing up significant enough numbers to make it worthwhile arranging an auction amongst electricity supply companies for the custom of those households signed up for the scheme. The intention is to achieve lower electricity bills. Full Story: Read More
“Siret gets funding for its hospital”
Siret, in Romania, is the Douzelage partner town of Sherborne in and 1990 it had a very large orphanage which featured in the “Challenge Anneke” series. The orphanage had hundreds of children in it and conditions were appalling, but whilst time has moved on and a lot of good work has been done, Siret is left with an old psychiatric hospital with 120 patients, formerly residents of the orphanage. Considerable effort has been put into the care and rehabilitation of these “young people” but it is a struggle that the town and the director of its hospital Tiberiu Rotaru are continuously working to improve. Full Story: Read More
ENDANGERED VULTURE CHICK HATCHES AT LONGLEAT
An endangered African vulture chick has hatched at Longleat Safari & Adventure Park. The African white backed vulture hatched out last month after a 58-day incubation. The chick is the third to have been reared successfully at Longleat in recent years but it’s a first for this pair of birds. Longleat’s Mark Tye said: “Vultures worldwide are increasingly under threat from a wide range of factors including human persecution, poisoning, loss of habitat and electrocution as a result of hitting power cables. Full Story: Read More